Hood cushion



n 1932- F. HAUSHALTER 1,842,607

HOOD CUSHION Filed March 6, 1929 Wetcnted den. 26, 193% lllltlilllltl ll. UF

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(OF NEW YQRTK, N. E1, A @ORhOlTIQZlt NE YURK non cosmos? lippllootiou filed Worth 6,. time. tcriel lilo; s'illtttttq This invention relstes to hood-cushions such us commonly ure used on uutomohiles between the hood and rediutor shell end hetu'een the hood end the covvl structure.

ldlood-cushions of the chsrecter mentioned usuully comprise row-hide or the like inter laced in spaced epertnres in the covvl or the dietor shell or ere mode ot heuvy iuhric Wcured i piece rivets pussed througii such ope-rt llhe urrungement described requires considerable time und labor for inp; rereovinp; the cushion or re onires s sciul tools tor applying and removing rivets. llioreover, the rurvhide or fabric cushions weer smooth in use end result in uueulis when the hood rules there i use r proved hood-cushion tor eutei I he cosy to mount und revide' u cushion thet Will not hei. d from use us to produce trio .3 to provide cushion that F 1 u rater-tight soul in engegeuient 'tt'ltll the hood the uccoinpunying drovvings: l igg'. l perspective view of the trout end of on outoinchile end my improved hood-cushion mounted thereupon, ports of the hood being hrolren e vey,

Fig 2 section on line 2-2 of Fig. l. section on line of Fig. l. H u is lonoitudinul section throue'h u portion hood-cushion end ussociuted sutomohile structure.

liig. t is ii perspective view of one end of the preferred embodiment of my hood iii chiei objects my invention ore to such as unneuled hress or hrass-pluted iron to Which. the ruhher composition 10 tightly sch heres, end the lugs l2 muy he struclt out from I the strip it so on to leuve upertures l3, l3 therethrough, which epertures ere tilled with the ruhher oi the cushion l0.

.ln uutoinohiles oi stunderd design, such es the uutornohile it lg. l, the rudietor shell to end CUWllll' l6 ere termed with spuced epertures it, it (Fig. t) and the hood-cush ion is secured to the outer :tuces oft suid rediutor shell end coivling structures respectively hy moons of the lugs 12 which ere insorted in the respective sperturcs l? therein end hent over or crirnped onto the opposite side oi the structure, so is clearly shown in i. The hood l8 of the uutoniohile rests upon the cushions it) in the usual insnner shovut lily invention provides an improved end i durehle hood-cushion tor uutomohiles -which inuy he essily end oyuicltly mounted end removed end Wherehy the other ohjects set torth in the ucconipunying ststeinent of o iects ere ettuined ln'tlie modified cmhion strip SliO'Wil in Fig.

6 the reinforcing structure comprises reletively short sections lilo, its oil sheet motel oi the sumo churecteristics us the strip ll em ployed in the prei eriedform end ouch cit ssid sections is termed with on upstending lug 12s, the sections llu losing" positioned in the cushion structure sothet Sitlll lugs ore regis tershle with the apertures l? in the rediutor shell or cowl ot the eutoinohile. lithe sections lie; ere entirely covered With ruhher, With the exception oil their lugs its, the ruhher cushion ltlu ertending; through the upertures 13o oil the sections to snchor the letter lirroly w to the cushion structure.

@ther modificutions they he resorted to. Within the scope oi the invention us defined toy the uppended cleirnso l cluini:

l. in e hoodeushion tor uutornohilcs, the combination oi e strip of resilient ruliher, u strip o'l' inetel vulcenized to one tsce thereoi, end outstending, integrel, ettuchinuent lugs struclt out irom seid motel strip tor securing; its

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the strip to a hoodupp rting part of an automobile.

2. In a hood cushion for automobiles, the

combination of a strip of resilient rubber, a

strip of metal vulcanized to one face thereof, 5 and a series of attachment lugs on said metal strip arranged at spaced intervals lengthwise thereof for securing the stri to a hood-supporting part of an automobi e.

8. A hood cushion as defined in claim 2 in which the metal strip is coextensive with the surface of the rubber strip to which it is vulcanized.

In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my I hand this 5th da of March, 1929. I

- F D L. HAUSHALTER. 

